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The Un-Diplomatic Podcast

Global power politics, for the people. Hosted by Van Jackson, Julia Gledhill, and Matt Duss. The views expressed are theirs alone (not those of any institution or employer).

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00:44:33

Bernie's Foreign Policy Brain Trust: Interview w/...

The Un-Diplomatic Podcast ·

2020/06/23

In this episode, Van sits down with Matt Duss, senior foreign policy adviser to former presidential candidate, Senator Bernie Sanders. Matt shares his backstory, including his pathway into foreign policy, his relationship to the Washington establishment, and how he ended up working working for Senator Sanders. He dishes about how the Sanders presidential campaign organized its foreign policy team, as well as how he thinks a Biden presidency ought to approach foreign policy on a range of

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00:47:50

Can Liberals and Marxists Get Along? Where's the Left...

The Un-Diplomatic Podcast ·

2020/06/17

Can liberals and Marxists find common cause? The left often weighs in on China, but is silent on the biggest strategic question of our time: Should the United States seek to decouple its economy from China? Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong forecasts a more zero-sum world, but is anyone listening? Australia has put itself in a bad place strategically, and it's a warning to small states everywhere. John Glaser Tweet: https://twitter.com/jwcglaser/status/1270722911410638851John Carl Baker

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00:44:20

Left Technocracy vs Kleptocracy, Black Lives Matter...

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2020/06/10

Joe Biden needs progressive technocracy to fight the transnational corruption and oligarchy that threatens democracies everywhere. The demands of the Black Lives Matter campaign are the best foreign policy. Antifa is not a terrorist group. Terrorizing Antifa is, you know, fascism. The danger of 'little green men' in Washington. Also this episode: Why Tom Cotton is no friend of Hong Kong, or democracy.Chris Murphy Tweet: https://twitter.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1266459665216475141?s=19David

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00:47:37

The Anti-China Think Tank, Corrupt Cocktail Parties,...

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2020/06/03

How much does it cost to buy a Washington Post columnist? One fancy dinner at the State Department. The think tank behind Trump's anti-China campaign. North Korea getting dangerous and nobody paying attention. Why the Marine Corps' new war fighting concept threatens the Military-Industrial-Congressional complex. What the India-China border dispute tells us about Chinese intentions. Matt Duss's Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1265645358442520576Andreas Nick's Tweet:

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00:54:19

China's Useful Idiot, Hawks Failing Up, Arms-Racing...

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2020/05/27

HR McMaster proves that in Washington, hawks only fail up. Are Republicans against international order? Chinese Netizens wants Trump to win the election because they think he's a racist joke who helps rally nationalism in China. What conspiracy theory is leading to cell phone towers being set ablaze in New Zealand? Only one country thinks arms-racing is the path to security--America, baby. Corey Pein Tweet: https://twitter.com/coreypein/status/1261166298043527168Waleed Shahid Tweet:

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00:41:03

Kissinger's Legacy, Anti-War Biden, Cancel Space...

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2020/05/21

Biden's best chance of winning might be embracing the anti-war movement. Democracies for Taiwan. Is there anything Australia can do to save the United States? Is the US Space Force a militarist boondoggle? Also this episode: The legacy of Henry Kissinger. Turkish imperialism. Pompeo gaslighting on Iran. And advice about studying international relations. Demand Progress: https://demandprogress.orgCaitlin Talmadge Tweet: https://twitter.com/ProfTalmadge/status/1259240712777928704Don Moynihan

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00:58:52

Creative Defense Hawks, Strategic Nihilism, Doing...

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2020/05/13

American foreign policy is a reality TV show. Through the China looking glass with HR McMaster. Also this episode:Why is Korean peace a dirty phrase in Washington? Did a member of Congress just tell a journalist that defense hawks will have to lies in the form of strategic rhetoric to keep the defense budget obscenely high? Yes, he did. Does speaking Chinese make for good anti-China propaganda? Matt Duss's Tweet: https://twitter.com/mattduss/status/1258094892351467520?s=19James Palmer's

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00:45:45

The Blob's Debate Dilemma, Orwell on Nuclear Tyranny,...

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2020/05/07

The "Blob" national security establishment is necessary, often wrong, and loses any argument where it concedes that it's a Blob. Are nuclear weapons inherently undemocratic and tyrannical? George Orwell predicted yes. Are political scientists wrong about diversionary war? The National Republican Senatorial Committee thinks so in their latest memo that directs candidates to not defend Trump and instead attack China. Has "the data" really replaced "strategy" as Washington's new favorite empty

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00:54:07

Korea Doves and Japan Hawks, Grand Strategy Isn't...

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2020/04/29

Grand strategy is more necessary--and harder to do--than ever. Alliance management with Japan and South Korea is becoming impossible when one is a hawk and the other a dove. What the hell is happening with Kim Jong Un? China's horrible...and so is anti-Chinese racism. Van's endless white-collar frustrations with working from home in the Coronavirus era. Also this episode: What does Van like to eat? Uri Friedman on New Zealand's Crisis Response:

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00:51:52

The Chris Murphy Doctrine, Gen X Hawks and Gen Z...

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2020/04/23

Why Senator Chris Murphy might end up being the Henry Kissinger of the Left. Are Millennials more hawkish on China than Boomers and Gen X? Chicago Council on Global Affairs has polling data that tells us. Robert Zoellick's new book highlights a neoliberal split on the China question. Why socialists need to support Biden. South Korean elections bring a North Korean defector to the National Assembly. And we're living in a cyberpunk dystopia.Alex Ward's Profile of Chris Murphy in Vox:

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00:41:11

Debating Black Swans, the War Metaphor, the Irony of...

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2020/04/15

Does the novel Coronavirus pandemic count as a Black Swan? Van Jackson goes deep on why it was and why it matters. Is strategic competition within interdependence possible? The neoliberal irony of strategizing to fight China using resources gotten from trading with China. Why the metaphor of Pearl Harbor is not just in appropriate securitization of the pandemic--it's ultimately an un-democratic power grab. Also this episode: Where Van fits in the international relations paradigm wars, why North

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00:56:34

Korea Watcher Feud, Steinbeck v. Matt Damon,...

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2020/04/08

Singapore's not happy with any of the great powers, but do they have a Plan B for a failure of US leadership? Should NATO expel Hungary for turning into a dictatorship? What happened in the latest Korea-watcher spat between Jeffrey Lewis and Joel Wit? Also this episode: The paradigm wars in international relations theory didn't end; they migrated into Asian security studies. The Coronavirus shouldn't be a national security issue. Why John Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath is more important than Matt

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00:38:53

Is US China Policy Racist? EU Expansion Debate,...

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2020/04/02

Is US China policy racist? A better question is whether Pompeo is the Sebastian Gorka of China policy. How to make sense of dueling Chinese diplomats. Will the European Union expand, even as it's contracting? Is the US prepping an invasion of Venezuela? And the avoidable nightmare of a suspended presidential election. Also this episode: North Korea as a bizarrely stable nuclear flashpoint, and whether arms-racing with North Korea makes any sense (it doesn't). Erin Ryan's Tweet:

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00:38:57

The Pentagon versus Deterrence, Pompeo's War,...

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2020/03/26

Why does the Pentagon keep getting deterrence wrong? Why is Mike Pompeo threatening the families of staff who work for the International Criminal Court? And what makes Russia so different from China? Also this episode: the danger of US-China conspiracy theories; why China's bid for hegemony involves a lot of cheap talk; white supremacy in the military; and the inhumanity and anti-strategy of sanctioning Iran amid the coronavirus. Mehdi Hasan on Iran:

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00:40:12

Liberal Foreign Policy's Limits, Dictator Dilemmas,...

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2020/03/17

Why liberal foreign policy is a bad fit for dark times. What Netflix's Narcos can tell us about order and stability in international relations. Why Russia started an oil price war with Saudi Arabia. Why the critical left doesn't understand power as well as it thinks. If your think tank gets money from Ali Baba, that doesn't automatically make you a Chinese agent. What does Bernie Sanders really think about China? Also this episode: A brief history lesson on the politics of the American

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00:37:09

Does Taiwan Need US Nukes? War State v. Welfare...

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2020/03/11

The dangers of low-yield nukes in Taiwan. Why great power competition requires democracy and equality at home. Thinking through the risks and benefits of arms control summitry with China, and why Trump can't make it work. Why the comparisons between Vietnam and Afghanistan militate against keeping troops around. Also this episode: Is Biden killing the youth vote, or saving American democracy? And why Van identifies with Seth Rogen.Mike Mazarr Tweet:

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00:41:42

Bernie the Strategist, Pompeo Still Doesn't Get...

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2020/03/04

Why pundits don't understand the political savvy of Bernie Sanders. Does losing Taiwan mean losing Japan? Yes and no. Why the pundits don't understand the political savvy of Bernie Sanders. Why the State Department is sabotaging arms control while promoting a fake arms control agenda. And how China's historical record speaks to a strategic culture that Pompeo just doesn't understand. Also this episode: Why Van has too much hustle for Marxism, Matt Duss for National Security Adviser, and how

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00:44:45

Restrainers in Foreign Policy, Fighting Oligarchs,...

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2020/02/26

The restraint movement in foreign policy starts penetrating Washington. Elizabeth Warren takes on the biggest oligarch of them all--Mike Bloomberg. China trade distorts the national interest. And Van Jackson thinks through the merits of NATO versus a European Defense Union. Also this episode: Why Trump will keep extorting South Korea; the danger of Russia and Turkey treating Syria as a sphere of influence; Scottish independence; and Van's musings about "Washington insider status." John Carl

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01:01:02

Bernie Bureaucracy? Fake Arms Control, Australian...

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2020/02/19

Would Bernie Sanders bomb North Korea? Probably not but the New York Times thinks so. Ilhan Omar's plan to save America from militarism. Trump's fake arms control agenda. Why Australia losing faith in the US might mean acquiring nuclear weapons. Why Kim Jong Un finds Trump totally embarrassing. And the wage theft of Washington think tanks. Daniel McDowell in World Politics Review: https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/28418/ofac-sanctions-and-the-new-dollar-diplomacyAnkit Panda's Tweet:

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00:51:24

China Threat Deflation v. Military Primacy, Left...

The Un-Diplomatic Podcast ·

2020/02/11

The contradiction of military superiority and China threat deflation. How many " left technocrats" are actually out there? Is dollar hegemony good for national security? And why do Millennials shun American exceptionalism while Boomers still revel in it? Also this episode: blowing up the landmine ban triggers Van's inner activist, military superiority is politically unsustainable, more Chinese imperialism, and what the defense budget shouldn't be spending money on. Emma Ashford's tweet:

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